Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei hailed the Intelligence Ministry as Iran’s shield against hostile plots, calling on the ministry to fully keep to the Islamic Revolution’s path.

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday that Iran has created a huge spiritual power in the past three decades and made a nuclear deal with the world powers that by no means was against the country’s dignity.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani underlined that his country still distrusts Washington which has acted against its undertakings based on the last year nuclear deal between Tehran and the world powers.

Iran’s Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian says the country has devised serious plans to overhaul its power industry within the next five years, adding that those plans need a collective investment of $30 billion to be materialized.

Turkey says it wants to increase the volume of natural gas it is currently purchasing from Iran in what could be a serious sign from Ankara that it wants to enhance economic ties with the Islamic Republic.

Although turning Caspian Sea into a marine tourism hub in northern Iran has been a major topic of discussion since a long time, no step has yet been taken by officials to realize that goal, leaving the private sector in limbo about whether or not to invest in the sector.

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani and the Iraqi Kurdistan Region’s Interior Minister Karim Sinjari held talks on a range of issues, including ways to boost cooperation on security issues.